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Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: Connections
The WJO often features Vancouver composers; their 8th album brings together Fred Stride with Quebec’s Jean-Nicolas Trottier
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Reviews of new album releases in Canadian jazz.
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stef.in: Icterus II
Rock-funky band led by drummer Stefan Hegerat with guitarists Robyn Gray and Patrick O'Reilly, plus bassist Mark Godfrey
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Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project: Mi Hogar II
The trumpeter’s second album under the Latin Jazz Project billing and her eighth as a leader; she plays Frankie's April 3
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2025 jazz Junos: nominees and people of our scene
The 54th Junos will happen here in Vancouver on Sunday, March 30. Nominees got published on Tuesday, including some of us
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Todd's Picks: 2024 Albums
Looking back on a year's worth of very solid album releases and reflecting on the ones that stuck with me the most
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Marie Goudy’s Paloma Sky: produced by Elizabeth Shepherd
The sound on Goudy’s album, Shepherd’s own latest record called Three Things, and Andrea Superstein’s work
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Elastic label: Michael Davidson, Dan Fortin, Bryn Roberts
Going through the work of the Toronto indie jazz label’s founders, plus the latest album by pianist Roberts
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Caity Gyorgy: Hello! How Are You?
Her 5th album has all the fixings – birds, snail mail, tight arrangements, scat – and affirmations
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Dan Pitt Quintet: Horizontal Depths
A variety of guitar effects combined with the two horns and the slight integration of free jazz
Live music
Benjamin Deschamps: No Codes, saxophone, tour to the west
An interview with Ben about the chordless collective’s story after they played Tyrant Studios
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Jocelyn Gould: Portrait of Right Now
Quartet w/ Will Bonness, Jared Beckstead-Craan, & Curtis Nowosad; locals at Frankie’s Nov. 1/2
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Jacob Wutzke & Lucas Dubovik: Take it in Stride
An interview with the drums-sax duo partners about their idiosyncratic audiovisual project